did anyone HAVE to get sleep apnea screening before their surgery?

Yes. I had to and I had to use the CPAP machine for 4 weeks before pulmonary cleared me.

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my Primary mentioned at my last visit that i might want to do it INSTEAD of surgery. she thinks thats why i am over weight. my endocrinologist and surgeon disagree with her. my surgeon is only requiring an EKG and bloodworm for clearance but i am afraid my PCP will not hold me up =(

Not sleeping properly can impede on health obviously but my doctors never said that using the ma hung would help me lose weight. For Me, having sleep apnea was only a puzzle piece. If pulmonary clears you then your Pcp should too.

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I dont have to see pulmonary. I guess that why i'm worried shell make me do that too. guess i'll find out. my surgeon only requires an EKg for clearance and the endoscopy.

At your last visit, did she say you had too? If Not, then keep it moving. If she holds you up based on that then you'll see pulmonary. What can you do about it really? I didn't want to have to be held up but if I wanted the surgery, I had to have a sleep study and then use the machine for a month. As soon as I did that though, I was approved by insurance in 2 days and scheduled for surgery in 3 weeks.

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I HAD to be screened, got a CPAP machine and use it religiously and brought it to the hospital. No on required me to wear it for a month pre surgery, they just asked me to commit to it, and I easily did as quality sleep is imperative to healing.

You could also call back pulmonology and ask for an at home sleep study.

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I had to bring my cpap machine to the hospital too. I use it every night and feel better because of it.

1 hour ago, Leo85 said:

my Primary mentioned at my last visit that i might want to do it INSTEAD of surgery. she thinks thats why i am over weight. my endocrinologist and surgeon disagree with her. my surgeon is only requiring an EKG and bloodworm for clearance but i am afraid my PCP will not hold me up =(

I mean sleep Apnea could surely make you gain weight, but not be responsible for you being over 130+ pounds overweight. Not really sure why a PCP would think that unless theyre vehemently against WLS for some reason.

Regardless if you do have sleep apnea you would feel much better using CPAP for a few days. If insurance will cover a sleep study it wouldnt be a bad idea to get checked out.

I wouldnt want it to hold up my surgery but I would be curious

I had to have one before surgery.

Yeah sleep apnea is more often a result of obesity than a cause is obesity.

9 hours ago, readytorunagain said:

At your last visit, did she say you had too? If Not, then keep it moving. If she holds you up based on that then you'll see pulmonary. What can you do about it really? I didn't want to have to be held up but if I wanted the surgery, I had to have a sleep study and then use the machine for a month. As soon as I did that though, I was approved by insurance in 2 days and scheduled for surgery in 3 weeks.

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No she didn't say i needed to. And my surgeon doesn't require it he just n needs the EKG done too i guess i'll see what happens i have an appointment for the ekg with my primary. i guess if she's not ok with me not getting the sleep study done she won't give me a letter of medical clearance.

Yup. The most uncomfortable night's sleep ever. If my doctor hadn't given me a dose of ambien I don't think I would have ever gotten to sleep. I wasn't surprised when they woke me the next morning and informed me that I did in fact have sleep apnea. I had to use a CPAP for 2 weeks for clearance from the doctor. To be honest I don't really use it now. The air pressure is to high, which I guess means that the weight loss is helping.

guess ill find out. surgery scheduled for 10/18 and i see my PCP for Medical clearance on 9/25 just hope it doesn't postpone surgery.

I had to have a sleep study and it turned out I had severe sleep apnea. I feel so much better since I started using my cpap machine. I have to bring it to the hospital but no requirement for how long I have to use it. The only requirement was for the sleep study,

Weird how some hospitals let you bring your machine. Where I work they don't let you even bring in your own mask, since the hospital would need to liable for any of your equipment and anything that happens from you using it. Not to mention the staff would need to be trained on it as well